Clothing Culture, 1350-1650

Herausgeber: Richardson, Catherine

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Tackling the issue of clothing in relation to such fundamental issues as national identity, social distinction, gender, the body, religion and politics, Clothing Culture, 1350-1650 provides a springboard into one of the most fascinating yet least understood aspects of social and cultural history. Nowhere in medieval and early modern European society was its hierarchical and social divisions more obviously reflected than in the sphere of clothing. Indeed, one of the few constant themes of writers, chroniclers, diarists and commentators - from Chaucer to Pepys - was the subject of fashion and clothes. Whether it was lauding the magnificence of court, warning against the vanity of fashion, describing the latest modes, or decrying the habit of the lower orders to ape the dress of their social superiors, people throughout history have been fascinated by the symbolism, power and messages that clothes can project.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 312
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Juli 2004
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 612g
• ISBN-13: 9780754638421
• ISBN-10: 0754638421
• Artikelnr.: 50554696

Autorenporträt

Catherine Richardson is lecturer in English and History, and Fellow of the Shakespeare Institute at the University of Birmingham.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents: Introduction
Catherine Richardson; Section 1 Fabrics of Nation: The cultural significance of costume books in 16th century Europe
Ulrike Ilg; A question of nation: foreign cloth on the English subject
Roze Hentschell; Tomb effigies and archaic dress in 16th century Ireland
Elizabeth Wincott Heckett; The formation of Russian women's costume at the time before the reforms of Peter the Great
Oksana Sekatcheva. Section 2 Marking Distinctions: Clothing courtesans: fabrics
signals
and experiences
Tessa Storey; Clothing the naked in Late Medieval East Kent
Sheila Sweetinburgh; Dress
nudity and Calvinist culture in 16th century France
Graeme Murdock; Social fabric in Thynne's Debate Between Pride and Lowliness
Claire Bartram. Section 3 Material Movements: Clothing distributions and social relations c.1350-1500
Joanna Crawford; Fashion
finance
foreign politics and the wardrobe of Henry VIII
Maria Hayward; Reworked material: discourses of clothing culture in Early 16th century Greenwich
Elisabeth Salter. Section 4 Discourse
Body
Gender: 'This one poore blacke gowne lined with white': the clothing of the 16th century English book
Helen Smith; 'Havying nothing upon hym saving onely his sherte': event
narrative and material culture in Early Modern England
Catherine Richardson; Rips and slits: the torn garment and the Medieval self
Andrea Denny-Brown; Speaking to reveal: the body and acts of 'exposure' in Early Modern popular discourse
Elizabeth Hallam. Bibliography; Index.